Voldemort's recruitment . Was: Precious little to celebrate for 11 years...

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 128879

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > a_svirn:
> >My guess is that there was a kind of coup d'êta at some point of
> >the DE history, when LV disposed with his old school friends with
> the
> >assistance of the younger generation. It would also explain why
> >most of those we do know about are from such a close-knit social 
> >circle.
> 
> 
magda: 
> Or it's possible that when VOldemort fell, a 20-something Lucius
> Malfoy was astute enough to make a grab for leadership of the
> suddenly leader-less group.  He would have let the older
> Friends-of-Tom go off to Azkaban but worked hard to get his own
> friends and peers off the hook by pleading imperio, etc.  FoT's 
would
> have sneered at the idea of trying to get off the hook; they would
> have been proud of being DE's.
> 
> So that when the dust settled, the only DE's out of jail were 
Lucius'
> friends - and grateful to Lucius.  Another reason why Voldemort
> referred to him as "my slippery friend".
> 

a_svirn:
It might explain why he is a "slippery friend", but it in no way 
explains the conspicuous absence of the older wizards among the DE. 
Besides Lucius aspirations to take LV place would be a reason enough 
to dispose of him, preferably publicly so that others learn their 
lesson. Instead, LV didn't even Crucio him.  
a_svirn